Waterproof Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 I've been keeping a Reef tank for the past 5 years, but I want to get back into planted tanks, which is where I started. I've been glued to the forum for the past day or so - I can't wait to setup the tank at work and get going. I was wondering if someone could do a plant ID for me - the long thin plant in the background of this tank. What is it and can we get it here? Thanks in advance. WP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterproof Posted June 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Also - Vallisneria nana. Is this banned? I've searched this site and all the other bio sec sites and have had no result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Welcome. I see you found my old tank :lol: jk It looks like a species of Val to me. possibly nana. not that it stays small or anything. it is banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterproof Posted June 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Yeah, I thought that at first - but Val nana seems slightly thicker - although it could just be the photo. This was my old tank, and it had Val nana in the back right corner (this was in Canada - not NZ) http://www.cc1071.com/aqua/aquaimage/ju ... _front.jpg Phoenix - could you suggest something long for a background plant for a similiar effect? Cheers WP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 That tank looks brilliant. I am dreaming of something similar (similar wide footprint). you can get sag. subulata to grow to about 60cm high in the right light. it does start off as a low plant though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterproof Posted June 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Thanks man - the wide footprint does make a big difference when aquascaping. Really piling up the substrate at the back gives a really nice dimension to the composition. sag. subulata is an excellent suggestion. I'm thinking a selection of Java ferns, Windelov, needle, and long leaf - Xmas moss on some really sculptural and large out of water driftwood, and then a carpet of glosso would look pretty good. Right at the back Aponogeton crispus (is this readily availible? Never seen it for sale) would look awesome with the flowers out of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 It's a tall Eleocharis of some sort, could be Eleocharis vivipara, that style of using it is very common. Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterproof Posted June 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 SamH - I think you're right on the money - Eleocharis vivipara - brilliant. I know it's allowed over here - but is it commonly availible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 I've had Eleocharis vivipara - it is available, but it won't grow like what's in that picture. It grows like hair grass - AKA it takes over everything and spreads runners uncontrollably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 I'm sure it can be grown like that somehow :lol: Maybe join one of the large international aquatic plant or aquascaping forums and ask them how it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 you could prune it every 2 days.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 you just put it in a raised plastic container thats what I did with my hairgrass then you put near the back cover with wood. they have probably dont something similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHBR Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Looks like an ADA Tank, so the plants probably Isoetes japonica. But I could be wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarz Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 It is actually Eleocharis montevidensis according to ADA dont know if we have it in NZ although somebody suggests that it is an aussie-NZ plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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